2016 Postmortem
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Bernie Sanders has done many things right in this race and one thing very wrong. It is the wrong decision that I believe partially accounts for his poor showing on March 15th.
Lets start with whats right about Bernies message: he is a passionate purveyor of core progressive principles who has activated and energized millions of young voters. He speaks with conviction about crucial issues and he has helped bring those issues to the fore in 2016.
Heres whats wrong, terribly wrong: He caved to the pressure from his campaign manager Jeff Weaver and top aide Tad Devine to ride the ever-present wave of Hillary hate and to go after her character, impugning her honesty and insinuating that she is untrustworthy.
As Ive argued, Bernies Wall Street dog whistle is a barely concealed attempt to accuse Hillary Clinton of corruption, despite the fact that he lacks a scintilla of evidence to support that claim. No matter how lofty and inspiring his message, it is deeply unjust and frankly, reckless to run a campaign premised on the destruction of Hillarys character through false innuendo. Especially when Democrats are facing a dangerous opponent like Donald Trump in a general election.
http://bluenationreview.com/decision-that-derailed-bernies-campaign/
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)Or whether it was his own initiative since I have no knowledge of the internal workings of his campaign.
(Oops, I realize know you were asking the people banned from the HRC group, not it's members. But then you did post this in GD-P rather than the Bernie group).
Human101948
(3,457 posts)Are you claiming that it is not?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I feel like fact and fiction got blurry for many right out of the gate.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Of course he's going to claim she isn't corrupt. He's paid for it.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)he did very well in states that Clinton was supposed to crush him in.
It wasn't a "mistake" when Obama did it with "Change we can believe in"
The next section was headlined, The Fault Line: Hillarys the Problem, Not the Answer, and the strategists laid out the case against Clinton in stark terms, explaining that everything in Obamas campaign, including his sloganChange you can believe inwas meant to provide a contrast with Hillary, not on policy, but on character:
Change you can believe in was intended to frame the argument along the character fault line, and this is where we can and must win this fight. We cannot let Clinton especially blur the lines on who is the genuine agent of change in this election.
The reason Clinton cant be trusted or believed when it comes to change is that she represents, to a great degree, the three sources of discontent formulated in our premise.
Shes driven by political calculation not conviction, regularly backing away and shifting positions on issues ranging from war, to Social Security, to trade, to reform.
She embodies trench warfare vs. Republicans, and is consumed with beating them rather than unifying the country and building consensus to get things done.
She prides herself on working the system, not changing itrebuffing reforms on everything from lobbyist donations to budget earmarks.
The memo went on to criticize Clinton as a prescription for more of the same, meaning that our shared goals will once again be frustrated by Washingtons failed politics, and it included a gridThe Basic Messaging Frameworkto highlight the differences that Obama needed to emphasize:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-to-beat-hillary-clinton
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)My only post in the group.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/128069099
META
I don't understand this passion about who is blocked from where. It's completely insignificant and petty. I get why smokey n nj banned me.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)But I believe that the censored DUers are twice as many in the Hillary Group.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)LOL
Hillary's character is very much in question.
6 different lies last week alone.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/3/13/1500556/-1-Week-6-Hillary-Clinton-Lies
Kall
(615 posts)Anyone stupid enough to believe that Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy following her weeks-long Bosnian sniper fire invention, Nancy Reagan's deification about her HIV/AIDS work, and Republican talking points running down single-payer health care deserves what they get.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Maybe you take it seriously, but I don't.
agracie
(950 posts)times. Bernie is a good, honest candidate. Let's let everyone vote, and then we'll see what shakes out.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Hes a truth teller.
She's a liar.
Easy.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Anyone who thinks that is the case is:
A: Incredibly stupid.
B: Lying.
C: An asshole.
D: All of the above.
djean111
(14,255 posts)Also - what a pile of ordure. There. I was polite.